golero/E+/Getty Images There are few things I love more than reading to my kids — except reading with my kids. Whether they are reading out loud to me or I’m reading them a chapter from a new book, there’s something incredibly special about sharing stories as a family. And lately, my tween (soon-to-be-11-year-old) has been...
skynesher/E+/Getty Images When I was growing up, family dinners were extremely important. Every night, my dad got home from work by seven and my mom had a home-cooked meal ready to go. That’s not to say there weren’t nights when, say, a play rehearsal kept me away, or my brothers skipped because they were at...
Nathan Posner/Shutterstock On Monday, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert Kennedy published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal announcing a change that will profoundly affect vaccination efforts in the U.S.: the unprecedented dismissal of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). “Vaccines have become a divisive issue in American...
Ask Scary Mommy is our weekly advice column wherein Scary Mommy editors and guest editors — fellow moms like you — will answer your burning questions. You can send all of your questions and conundrums about parenting, family, and relationships to askscarymommy@bdg.com (don’t worry — we’ll keep you anonymous!). When it comes to kids and...